Nope. For the reasons stated, it should be set cooler in the winter (as people are layered up) and warmer in the summer (as people likely won't even have coats/jackets on). It also represents an energy saving.
Sounds like Starmer
Sorry, but you’re completely wrong. The requirement is a wave if warm air in winter and cool air in summer as you get on. I’ll bet many air conditioned cars are run with a cooler temperature setting in summer than winter, including mine. And that includes if I leave my coat for a short journey.
Ridiculous. Get yourself on a 455 in summer and tell me that it’s fine being so warm because you don’t have layers on. The 707s, meanwhile, are freezing in summer, and boy does it feel good stepping on one.
Presumably you also love the fact they are cancelling passenger services to enable this type of introduction which is no doubt not due to the risk of failure and disruption during the peak but because they haven't got any crew trained and they are using 1 shift of a driver manager/instructor. They are being introduced in a cack-handed way for reasons other than passenger’s benefit. That should be obvious to anybody. Seeing as they are several years late waiting another few weeks until they have some crew trained and they could introduce them properly isn’t that much to expect.
They are slightly different but the the same person
I'm half-prepared to bet it doesn't last, given how it's been a standard feature across several manufacturers on the continent for a long time without ever making it onto these shores. The new Stadler units for S-Bahn Berlin even allow passengers to open a set of doors using the button on the opposite set.
I'm in partial agreement here; in winter operators should absolutely set the onboard temperature to a lower point to account for everybody being rugged up. In summer though, it should still be cooler onboard than the outside air. Obviously the latter in particular has a "within reason" caveat though - it should be a bit of a relief to step aboard, but not so much that you're being frozen.
Absolutely, and that was my point - we're only talking a couple of degrees difference here. 17C over winter and 20C would likely feel very pleasant, and accounts for winter/summer-wear for the majority.
I see Merseyrail are reminding people they have to press the button to enter/exit. I presume this is already causing issues. If someone forgets to push the button there is going to be a few seconds delay while the step extends, before the door starts to open.
And has applied on Manchester Metrolink for several years.
Absolutely nailed it, mate. People crying and moaning for months about the trains not being in service. Merseyrail send one unit out and they're still crying and moaning! I love visiting these forums just to see what's upsetting them today!
So you want to train the drivers quickly, but don't want to free up any paths to let it happen.
They are not cancelling them to facilitate driver training. They are cancelling them so they can faff about swapping units so a 777 can run a few daytime return trips.
Because to train crews they will need them available to be trained, which needs them to be taken off other duties. Fault free running is usually crewed by other companies such as freight operators.
Well part of the Kirkby line is single track.
Driver training is rarely restricted to the route the trains are going to run on. To give one example, when Northern first got their 319s for the Chat Moss electrification driver training took place between Crewe and Liverpool South Parkway. Unless there is a specific policy at Merseyrail which doesn't apply to other TOCs there is no particular reason why traction training needs to take place on the Kirkby line.
Name me a spare bay ot loop on the Northern Line other than Southport which is 18 miles from Liverpool?
That's correct, the doors will automatically close after 30 seconds or so to keep the train warm/cool depending on the time of year.
It's perfectly possible to design seat that are comfortable and fire standards.
12-15 months apparently. I'd lean on the longer side due to the way the rollout is being handled (1 at a time).
Just from seeing mere videos of the inside they look miles, miles better. In some ways, nostalgic mindsets are nice, in others they are terrible awful things.
I didn't assume. I know. Ive read you saying it (as I recall when you've been slating the place).Liverpool is the city of my birth and formative years. To assume...
I hope this a joke, else shame on you for the arrogance
